TELL CONGRESS: Vote No! on Bush's $87 Billion for the Occupation and Economic Takeover of Iraq

TELL CONGRESS: Vote No! on Bush's $87 Billion for the Occupation and Economic Takeover of Iraq

As tens of thousands of people prepare to march on Washington and San Francisco on October 25 to demand an end to the occupation of Iraq, the Bush administration is demanding that the U.S. Congress take $87 billion more from working families in the U.S. to fund its illegal invasion and occupation.

Congress intends to vote this week. All anti-war activists should immediately register a powerful voice of opposition. VoteNoWar has set up a free and easy instant communication tool at http://www.VoteNoWar.org to communicate with every member of Congress.

By acting now, you can make the politicians feel the heat of the growing sentiment of people opposed to Bush's mad adventure in Iraq.

Tell them "Vote No!" This money has nothing to do with humanitarian reconstruction of Iraq and everything to do with the murderous occupation and the economic recolonization of Iraq to the benefit of Halliburton, Bechtel, ExxonMobil and other well connected transnational corporations and banks.

Tell the members of Congress "Vote No!" to war and occupation. The Bush administration has severely cut money for education, libraries, housing, aid to states, job training and other social programs that are vital for working families, yet the Bush gang is willing to spend endless amounts of money to contract with their corporate profiteering friends following the forced privatization and takeover of Iraq's economy. The U.S. government certainly has a debt to pay for the destruction it caused in Iraq but this $87 billion bill is nothing more than a blank check for military occupation and corporate looting. The Iraqi people should be paid reparations for the suffering and destruction caused by war, occupation and thirteen years of economic sanctions.

One year ago, Congress shamelessly rubber stamped Bush's war drive in defiance of massive public opposition to so-called preemptive war against Iraq. Millions of people went into the streets all around the United States and around the world in an effort to stop this illegal war of aggression against a country that did not pose a "grave and imminent danger" to the United States.

Tell Congress that they will be held responsible for embracing or caving in to the Bush Administration as it continues to defy the sentiment of the people. The congressional vote will take place within a matter of days. So act now. Tell your friends and family that they too can use the free service at the http://www.VoteNoWar.org website as a way to carry out instantaneous communications with elected officials in both the House and Senate, to demand "end the occupation of Iraq, bring the troops home now."

It's no accident that there has been a dramatic shift in public opinion in recent months. Every public rationale used by the Bush administration to justify the war has been exposed as a lie. Tens of thousands of Iraqis are dead, thousands of U.S. soldiers have been either wounded or killed, and Iraqi society has been plunged into chaos and misery.

We can't expect the politicians to take the leadership in stopping the Bush administration. Only a people's movement, existing at the grassroots level in every community, will stop Bush's program of "endless war."

More than 130 cities have now announced plans to bring buses and car caravans to Washington DC for the October 25 mass March on the White House and Ashcroft's Justice Department. This will be the largest demonstration since the large anti-war demonstrations last spring. There will be a sister demonstration in San Francisco on October 25. Make your plans now to join the demonstration.

Tell Congress "Vote No!" on Bush's $87 Billion for the Occupation and Economic Privatization of Iraq at http://www.votenowar.org

For details on the October 25 National March on Washington DC to End the Occupation of Iraq & Bring the Troops Home Now go to http://www.internationalanswer.org